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In the late 1940s, she was the only woman working on radio documentaries for CBS’s Edward R. Murrow. In Los Angeles, she was a pioneering newscaster and anchor.

She became an anchor for the CBS affiliate in Los Angeles in 1951, then rejoined the station in 1962, spending the rest of her career there before retiring in 1989.

She became an anchor for the CBS affiliate in Los Angeles in 1951, then rejoined the station in 1962, spending the rest of her career there before retiring in 1989.

She became an anchor for the CBS affiliate in Los Angeles in 1951, then rejoined the station in 1962, spending the rest of her career there before retiring in 1989.

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — Ruth Ashton Taylor, a trailblazing journalist who was the first female newscaster to work in television on the West Coast, has died. She was 101.